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I������ locations Some of the area's scariest spots

Hot at work

Looking good while working hard

Beach body

How to diet in a healthy way

Get a job

Tips on how to get started in the workforce

The Institute of Design and Technology of South Dakota

Ben Nguyen and Shayna Baszler

Two of the nation's best MMA fighters are right next door.

What's MMA? Find out here...

May 2009 Vol. 1 Issue 5

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CONTRIBUTORS

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Rachel Palmer - Writer

Rachel grew up near the Black Hills in Rapid City and is a South Dakota native. She is currently attending the University of South Dakota and is in the process of earning a degree in English Education with a minor in Music. As cliché as it may sound, Rachel has a passion for reading and writing—creative writing in particular. She enjoys tutoring students at Vermillion Middle School and volunteering at the W.H. Over Museum. For fun, Rachel loves to go on “road trips” and see her favorite bands and musicians live. In the future, Rachel hopes to become a secondary English teacher and keep herself busy as a freelance writer.

Rachel features haunted locations this month.

Mary Dodson - Writer Mary is 28 years old and grew up in Spearfish, SD. She graduated from Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD in 2004 with a Bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in Theatre. At NSU Mary’s significant accomplishments included having poetry and a humorous sketch published in the Shelterbelt literary magazine, performing in ten main stage theatrical performances and winning three acting awards. In December 2008 she received her Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of South Dakota.

This month Mary gives a look at actor and news anchor Dan Hodges.

Sabina Mustic - Writer Sabina graduated from the University of South Dakota in May 2008 with a B.A. in English and German.She enjoys writing because it gives her satisfaction when she knows she worked hard and created something worth reading.

Some of Sabina’s hobbies include reading, spending time with family and friends, traveling, and shopping. Sabina plans to attend graduate school sometime in the near future to get a Master’s degree in Library Science.

Check out Sabina’s article on nutrition to get ready for the beach in a healthy way.

Denise DePaolo - Writer Denise is from Sioux Falls and graduated from Washington High School in 2001. Since then she has lived in Gainesville, FL. and traveled extensively. She and her husband Tony moved back to Sioux Falls in 2008. She is finishing up her English degree at the University of South Dakota and works as a bartender on weekends. Denise hopes to one day write for a living, but making drinks is a pretty cool job for now. She like adventures, jokes and going to punk rock shows.

Denise gets to know professional MMA fighters Ben Nguyen and Shayna Baszler in this month’s cover story.

Lee Marotz - Graphic Designer Lee was born and raised in Watertown, SD. He is a graphic artist who moved to Sioux Falls in May of 2008 and is getting married in October 2009. Lee is currently the Web Operator for KDLT-TV in Sioux Falls as well as doing freelance design. As a freelance designer he creates logos and graphics for companies and individuals, as well as making slideshows for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays; pretty much any occasion. He loves the creativity of graphic design and truly has found the passion and calling for his life. Lee would love to continue making graphics until the day he dies, whether it be in a company setting or freelance design. Any questions or comments for Lee can be made by emailing him at leemarotzdesign@hotmail.com.

Check out Lee’s graphic for this month’s quiz to see if you’re a gossip fiend.

Jamie Bulian - Writer Jamie is a 21-year-old senior at the University of South Dakota from Yankton. She is graduating in May with a major in Communication Studies and minors in both Contemporary Media and Journalism and Spanish. Jamie is very involved with the university newspaper and the university weekly newscast. After graduation, Jamie plans to pursue a career in either advertising/marketing or public relations. In her spare time she loves to run, read, watch movies, and spend time with family and friends.

This month Jamie delves into the dangers of binge drinking in The Scoop.

Kiel Mutschelknaus - Illustrator Kiel is originally from Brandon, SD and graduated from Augustana College with an Art major and Math minor in 2007. He is currently a graphic designer at Fresh Produce and has been since January ‘08. Kiel enjoys creating anything and everything. He hopes to continue working in the visual realm, hopes to write and draw an illustrated novel, open a “creative only” subscription shop, become an art professor, and make Sioux Falls the art mecca of the upper Midwest (watch yourself Minneapolis!). Kiel also “curates” a local arts blog called Graphic Content, at: desktopsoil. typepad.com/graphic_content Check out Kiel’s illustration with Kiley Barnes’ article on preparing to join the real world.

Kiley Barnes - Writer Kiley is native to Beresford, SD, but currently resides in Sioux Falls. She plans to graduate this May with an English degree from the University of Sioux Falls, where upon she will be faced with the difficult task of finding a real-life, boring job like a real-life, boring adult. Her dreams include traveling, freelance writing and one day publishing a successful children’s book. In her leisure time she enjoys good music, good food and good friends, along with some dancing, too.

Kiley gives tips on how to prepare to get a job and also on how to get motivated for the gym this month.

Danielle Rae Jaeger - Writer Danielle is 20 years old and grew up in Sioux Falls, SD. Currently, she is a second year student at MSU in Mankato, MN, pursuing a major in Journalism with a minor in Creative Writing. Danielle hopes to one day work as a columnist at a prestigious magazine or newspaper, write her own novel and travel as much as possible. In her spare time, Danielle enjoys spending time with her boyfriend, friends, family, and her four dogs. She also has a deep love and respect for cheerleading, dance, music, and art, as well as an unhealthy obsession with candy and gas station slushies.

Danielle wants you to Get Involved this issue with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire.

Michelle Rydell - Writer Michelle, a native of Vermillion, SD, is a senior at the University of South Dakota, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Contemporary Media and Journalism and English. She has been actively involved in The Volante, USD’s student newspaper, for the past four years, and recently finished a year as editor-in-chief. Michelle plans to pursue a career in print journalism upon her graduation in May. Although she is finishing two degrees at USD, Michelle still finds time to attend school in Sioux City—clown school, to be exact. Michelle plans to graduate with flying colors in April and volunteer at St. Luke’s Hospital as part of the Caring Clowns Troupe.

This month Michelle interviews Anita Kealy about the Institute of Design and Technology of South Dakota.

Kyle Vanhove - Writer Kyle is 25 years old and is living in Sioux Falls, SD, where he pays the bills working at Citibank, and is working as a freelance journalist in his free time. Since moving to Sioux Falls three years ago after graduating from Dakota State University, his work has appeared in the Argus Leader, the Monthly Mix, and weekly at Examiner.com as the Sioux Falls Event Examiner. His favorite smell in the world is Pizza Hut ovens firing up, and he has a weakness for caramel.

Learn about a group from Brookings, Composition 155, in Kyle’s article in the music section.

Rob Specht - Photographer Rob is a native of Sioux Falls and has a Finance degree from Colorado Technical University. After discovering a family heirloom camera that his grandfather had once used, he developed an interest in photography that has since become a passion. Fulfilling the family tradition of photographers that skipped his father’s generation, Rob enjoys photographing many angles of life, people and places. He enjoys spending his summers traveling to the lake or regional music festivals, and hopes to develop the skills to become a photographer full-time. You can follow Rob’s work by adding him on Facebook, and keep on the lookout for a website coming soon.

Check out his chilling photos in this month’s Why Don’t Ya Do Somethin’.

CONTENTS

may 2009

Reviews and Recommendations 6

May Event Calendar

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Beyond Borders: Book Reviews

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A Taste of Sarcasm: A Taste of the Big Apple

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Profiles in Sound: Grieves, Composition 155 and more...

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Get Involved: Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire

Life, Love and Laughter 14

Why Don’t Ya Do Something: Haunted Locations

17 COVER: Shayna Baszler and Ben Nguyen 22

The Real Deal: Dan Hodges

23 Ask the Johns 24

The Scoop: Binge Drinking

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He Said, She Said...

“YOU [PRETTY MUCH] HAVE TO DONATE YOUR BODY TO SCIENCE TO FIGHT. “ - Shayna “The Queen of Spades” Baszler Photo by Candace Ann Photography

MMA Pros and Sioux Falls natives Shayna Baszler and Ben Nguyen

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28 Filling the Fashion Void: Anita Kealy 30

In the Matter of Nick Kotzea...

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“Get a Job”

35 Quiz: Are You a Gossip Fiend?

Fashion and Beauty

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36 What’s Boss/Get Lost 37 The Taming of the Eyebrows 38

Fashion: The Prairie Professionals

44 Our Favorites

Fitness and Health 46 Beach Bod: Nutrition to Slim Up for the Summer 48 Stubborn Spur: Motivating Yourself to the Gym

Poll of the Month

What Do You Think About the Smoking Ban? 17.57% Great, now let’s outlaw smoking completely

18.92% Garbage! Don’t legislate owners out of business

5.41% I don’t care either way

6.76% We have enough laws 51.35% Good, my clothes stink after leaving bars

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Check our official website for next month’s poll and be part of the next issue!

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EVENTS

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May 1

May 2

Grooming Training

5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

12 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Sioux Falls Area Humane Society.

Must be a SFAHS Volunteer in order to attend.

Downtown First Fridays

Annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

Historic Downtown Sioux Falls.

Please support Downtown, especially during construction.

7 p.m.

Falls Park. Presented by Wells Fargo and Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center to benefit the Caminando Juntos ministries of the Presentational Sisters. This is Strutt Your Mutt.

Micah Luke Art Displays FREE and includes entertainment, 1 p.m.

The first is at the Horse Barn and the concerts and amazing food and bev- 14th & Phillips Ave. to Falls Park. second is at the Black Sheep Coffee erages of Mexico and Latin America. Spend your Mother’s Day with a dog walk-a-thon to benefit Second downtown. Luke specializes in spray Chance Rescue where attendees take paint and has a pseudo-comic book Pet Therapy Training their dog on a 1.1 mile walk from style. Check out his cutting-edge 9 a.m. and dramatic pieces!

Sioux Falls Area Humane Society. Phillips Ave. to Falls Park. Cost is Must be a SFAHS Volunteer to par- $10 per canine to participate (donations are appreciated). All mothers ticipate. with their child will be eligible for a prize package at the end of the walk.

Sioux Empire Farmers Market Sponsored by the Sioux Falls Storm, PetSmart and Second Chance Res8 a.m. to 12 p.m. cue Center. Call (605) 362-1722 or Falls Park. visit secondchancesiouxfalls.com for more information.

May 10

May 1-31 and 1-15

May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

May 9, 16

Sioux Falls Storm 7:05 pm

One Who Weeps by Micah Luke

May 1-3, 8-10, 15-17

Sioux Empire Community Theatre Presents: Chicago Orpheum Theatre.

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May 15

Sioux Falls Arena.

Bike to work day

May 9

Museum of Visual Materials.

New Volunteer Orientation 10 a.m.

Sioux Falls Area Humane Society.

Must be invited in order to attend orientation. If you are interested, please contact the SFAHS at 3384441.

6 a.m. to 9 a.m.

May 16

Downtown Loft Tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Downtown Sioux Falls.

Ever wanted to see what It would be like to have a hip, downtown loft?

Now is your chance!

May 23 Poker Run 9 a.m.

Sioux Falls Area Humane Society. All motorcyclists welcome. Join them for a blessing of the animals and bikes and a free continental breakfast. Early registration is $20 before May 20 and includes a t-shirt. Registration day is at J&L Harley Davidson at 11 a.m. and is $25 per hand (including a t-shirt).

May 24

“The First” South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association Induction Ceremony and Concert Check website for times Washington Pavilion and the Shrine Mosque. Start out at the Pavilion for a live and silent auction (free admission), and then head to Leonardo’s Café for autograph signing from the inductees. Go to the Shrine Mosque in the evening for the induction ceremony and concert. Several bands, DJ’s, radio stations and more will be inducted. Tickets are $20 and are available at Lewis Drug Southgate, the Shrine Mosque or at southdakotarockandrollmusicassociation.com.

May 29, 30

Open House & Tours for Project Design Boot Camps & Fashion Design Scholarship Applicants 29th: 4:30 p.m to 7:00 p.m.

30th: 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Institute of Design & Technology of South Dakota.

Deadline for Scholarship Applications and Design Camp Registration Discount. For more information call (605)275-9728 or visit www.idtsd.org Have an event you want people to know about? Send details to contact@605magazine.com.

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B E Y O N D borders... with Mark Lloyd

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zombie is time in the kennel. Zombies aren’t human, so they get picked up by the dog catcher and thrown into the pound.

I wonder what would happen if Andy and his friends were introduced to eating human flesh?

S.G. Browne pretty much put it all in this book. It’s got humor. It’s got a love story. It’s got gory, flesh-eating zombie scenes.

Breathers Is a Zombie Book with Brains

What to Watch for in May

ark Lloyd gets all the book perks working at Borders. Our perk?

We get the skinny about upcoming books ahead of everyone else.

Andy recently drove his car off the road and killed himself and his wife in a gruesome car accident.

But then he woke up on the coroner’s table as a member of the undead. He became a zombie. He’s even got the footdragging thing going on, a limp and a hanging-arm thing to boot.

So his parents take him back in, but they lock him in the wine cellar. He stinks. His body is slowly rotting away. His father wants to sell him to a research Breathers lab or a zombie zoo. His mother won’t hug him anymore.

By S.G Browne And as a zombie he doesn’t have the same rights as a living person. He can’t get a job. He can’t go to school. He can’t even go out for a walk.

Not that he’d want to with all the abuse zombies take from the living. If he’s seen out somewhere he’d be lucky to only end up being pelted with half-eaten fast food burgers and Big Gulp sodas.

If he’s caught out alone at night he could be dismembered or lit on fire by a bunch of drunk fraternity brothers. And they could totally get away with it, because you can’t technically kill someone who is already dead.

To deal with all of this Andy goes to Undead Anonymous, a zombie support group where he meets Rita, a beautiful suicide with the sexy scars to prove it.

But Andy has had enough. Andy has a dream. Andy sees little zombie boys and girls playing with little living boys and girls.

So Andy starts protesting, but all protesting will get a

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A bunch of kids, trained by an unnamed totalitarian government, pose as foreign exchange students in order to bring down the United States. That sounds about right for a Palahniuk book.

Pygmy

By Chuck Palahniuk

I’m Down

By Mishna Wolff

Memoir about how Mishna grew up in a poor, black neighborhood with her single, white father who truly thought he was black. That sounds like a really bad sitcom idea. Somebody call CBS.

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SARCASM: A Taste of the Big Apple

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with Dan Doyle

ike any great business, a great restaurant begins with a compelling idea. In the case of A Taste of the Big Apple (the “Big Apple”), success demands complete execution of that idea. As a “not thin” person and a devout lover of food, I understand that the pizza’s success in this country is found in its infinite variety.

The Big Apple’s immediate draw may also be its easiest target for criticism. As the name suggests, the Big Apple presents itself as a New York-style pizzeria. This is not a reality. My research1 has shown that traditional New York-style pizza is derived from Brooklyn and Manhattan. The proprietors of the Big Apple have their roots in Queens. As I was informed by two former

Doyle New York residents, Queens is not where you find New York-style pizza.

Please, do not let my opening remarks dissuade you. The Big Apple has very good pizza; it simply is not what it promises to be.

Big Apple pizza carries several strengths.

Specifically, the sauce is terrific. The crust is also fantastic, however, it is not true New York-style crust. Typical New York-style pizza has large, floppy and foldable slices.

At the Big Apple, the slices are large, but they are firm – not floppy. The crust is, in

fact, quite crisp. Personally, I enjoy the crisp crust, but a critic would note this discrepancy.

The toppings at the Big Apple can be the restaurant’s strength and weakness. Typically2 their toppings are large and fresh.

Pizza from the Big Apple is LOADED. In fact, most of the toppings usually end up on the plate rather than staying on the slice. Additionally, the cheese is terrific. New York-style pizza is often one topping, never more than three, and the toppings are not overly abundant. This is a point of contention for many pizza fans.

The toppings at the Big Apple can often overwhelm the actual pizza. I normally prefer a balance of sauce, cheese, crust and toppings. If you love toppings, try the Jersey Junker. If you prefer more traditional tastes, try the Liberty or the Original.

I always try to give a downtown establishment the benefit of the doubt. That said, I have never walked away from the Big Apple fully content. Although I have rarely been displeased with the food, the service has always been marginal.3 The servers have never seemed interested in the customers, and operations seem to be lacking in efficiency. Actually, this is starting to sound like New York, isn’t it?

If there is one thing the Big Apple hit a

homerun with, it would be the physical restaurant. Although the location is difficult for many to find, the Larson Square building is perfect. The exterior is a downtown warehouse, and the interior is filled with vibrant colors, fantastic pictures of New York scenery and great music (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc.).

For the sake of Sioux Falls and downtown, I truly want the Big Apple to be successful. Additionally, I have always wanted Sioux Falls to have its own signature pizzeria. Unfortunately, many other restaurants have attempted to survive in downtown recently, and several have found that the burdens are heavy. As such, I am still skeptical of the Big Apple’s long-term success. Some simple tweaks in the service and efficiency could go a long way. Regardless, the food is worth a visit.

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Wikipedia, the History Channel, and 26 years of pizza eating.

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I use the term “typically” because my friend ordered Hawaiian pizza (first mistake: ordering Hawaiian pizza, but that is another article). To quote this friend, it appeared as if they “threw two pieces of ham and canned pineapple chunks on to a slice of cheese pizza.” What do you expect from Hawaiian?

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As my Irish Catholic guilt continues to remind me, the Big Apple cost me my Lenten responsibilities that keep this Catholic school boy up at night. Remembering to avoid meat on a Friday, I ordered a vegetarian pizza. Instead, I received a full layer of pepperoni hidden under my veggies. Thankfully, they offered to “knock off a couple bucks.”

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Profiles in Sound

Composition 155 Two area college students bring the party straight from the dorm

By Kyle Vanhove Composition 155 is Sam Phan and Sydney Fox; two college boys making electronic music up in the dorms at South Dakota State University in Brookings. Full of samples and keyboards, their beats sound like Daft Punk jamming with the Decepticons.

The duo have just released Semester 1 Rewind, a collection of six tracks available free online (see the group’s Myspace page

L to R: Sam Phan and Sidney Fox

AndRemote Local rockers inject theatre (and make-up) into the area scene Remember when rock shows were exactly that…a show? For those who miss the full rock experience, AndRemote is here to serve and is launching their summer tour around the Midwest May 2nd at Nutty’s North for their Static EP release show. The South Dakota group includes Dallas Koopman on guitar and vocals, Jason Tally on bass, Brian Hardaswick on drums, and Kevin Jacobsma on guitar.

for more info), and hope to start bringing their music to a wider audience soon. We got Sam Phan on the phone for a few questions.

KV: You just released Semester 1 Rewind. What’s the response been like?

SP: We had an interview on the Brookings Radio Station (KSDJ), and they’re putting our music in rotation, so pretty much people around campus have been hearing us. [Since] the interview at the radio station, we went to this house party, and with about 40 people there, half the people knew us! So we’re getting [fans] in Brookings.

KV: Have you played any live shows yet?

SP: No, we just produce music, but we both have a background in DJing. I’m planning on DJing some parties throughout the summer, playing our music and getting it out there. Weddings, birthday parties, whatever comes up, I’m gonna take that as an opportunity.

KV: There’s a lot of electronic artists these days making music in their basement or bedroom with the equipment they have. When do you feel like you’ve got what you need to start making music?

SP: Like equipment-wise?

KV: Sure, ‘cause the group is basically two guys making music in the dorms. Do you ever feel like you would need a full studio, or do you have what you need to say what you want to say?

SP: Like, equipment, we can pretty much do what we want. We got a keyboard and a drum pad and a bunch of software. But, our only limitation right

now is we can’t do any recording of our own. Right now we don’t really need to do any recording, though, ‘cause we did our remixes and we just make beats. We made about three or four instrumental beats for rappers and such, and right now we’re working with a bunch of local artists in the Sioux Falls/Minneapolis area. They’ll take the beat and record over them and we’ll pick out the best ten tracks. We’ll probably put out a mixtape; an underground hip hop thing with our beats and a variety of different stuff.

KV: What’s the future of the group looking like? Are there long-term plans?

SP: Right now it’s just a hobby. When we’ve got our free time it’s what we like to do. No stress, whatever. But we’re starting to get a little bit of a buzz, so we’re going to see where it takes us. We’re not trying to be famous or anything, but we’ll take any opportunity we can get.

KV: Listening to the songs, it’s very clean-sounding. What kind of equipment do you use?

SP: Mostly it’s software; this thing called SL Studio, Korg keyboard and a drum pad we don’t really use, but we got it there for looks.

KV: And you do samples through that?

SP: The only thing we usually sample in our remixes is the vocal. We take the acapella. Everything else is the Korg keyboard, synthesizer stuff, and we just lay out everything on the SL Studio.

They’re busting out everything that will tantalize rock lovers’ taste buds: Light effects, themes for every show and, most importantly, make-up. Hardaswick promises, “It’s going to be loud, have thrashing stage antics and will be very visual. You’ll never see the same thing twice.”

Along with enjoying the show, attendees will be introduced to AndRemote’s new line of merchandise, including t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, and albums.

Not totally sold yet? Sporadically throughout the evening, Electric Crayon will be giving away gift certificates for tattoos and piercings.

The Static EP release show will begin at 9 p.m. and tickets are $8 at the door. AndRe-

mote will also be playing at Dakota Rock Fest this July featuring acts Bret Michaels, Skid Row and L.A. Guns. Check them out at myspace.com/AndRemote.

More info on Composition 155 is available at myspace.com/composition155, which also includes a link to download Semester 1 Rewind for free.

L to R: Tally, Jacobsma, Koopman, and Hardaswick

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G e t I n v o l v e d !: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire

By Danielle Rae Jaeger

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ig Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire is an organization that has served the Sioux Falls community for over 15 years. They offer mentoring services for youths (ages 7-14) and new mothers (age 13+) in need. “Kids benefiting from our organization are less likely to get involved with drugs and alcohol, they form better relationships with family and

who is interested to apply. “It is important to know that men, women and couples can mentor,” says Groen. “Not many people know that.”

If you are a mother and 25 years of age or older, you are eligible to mentor a new mother in need of friendship, experience and support. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire require mentors wishing to work with youth to be 16 years of age

Allen and Denise Kjesbo spend quality time with their Little Brother, Daniel. friends and perform better at school,” says Jolene Groen, Executive Director of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire. Consequently, mentors are a vital part of this organization, working to help the youth and new mothers reach their fullest potential through positive, stable relationships.

An organization eager to make their community stronger, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire encourages anyone

life is like to be a kid today.”

If you would like to make a difference in your community and in your own life, there are two ways you can apply to be a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux

Empire. “It is a matter of contacting our office at 334-1632 or you can go to our website at www.bbbsse.org and send an inquiry that way and someone will be sure to get a hold of you,” said Groen.

Instead of squandering your life away watching TV or mindlessly searching the internet this summer, get involved in your community and mentor a child or new mother. As a mentor you will reap the benefits for years to come, knowing that you chose to lend a helping hand to someone in need. Groen guarantees that your contribution will make a difference in the child’s life and in yours.

Again, to apply to be a mentor, call the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire office at (605) 334-1632 or visit their website at www.bbbsse.org.

or older and be willing to commit a minimum of 2-4 hours a month with the child.

Imagine doing something productive that will benefit a child for life in the time that you waste on Facebook or YouTube every month.

Aside from helping others, you may get more out of mentoring than you think.

“Mentoring brings you joy and gives you the satisfaction of knowing that you are giving back to your community,” says Groen.

“Kids can teach you so much about what

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Somethin’

Haunted Areas of the Sioux Empire

by Rachel Palmer photos by Rob Specht

pring is finally in the air. It may be time to venture out into the greening, not-yet humid outdoors of Eastern South Dakota, but where to go? What to do? [Cue foreboding sound effect.]

Although it isn’t quite October ’09 yet, this may be the perfect (and yes, random) time to explore unique and reputedly haunted areas around Sioux Falls.

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Gitchie Manitou

Gitchie Manitou

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itchie Manitou, a small nature preserve in the far Northwestern corner of Iowa, is known for its Native American burial mounds and quartzite stone formations sprinkled amid the prairie and river bluffs. The pink quartzite, at around 1.6 billion years old, is the oldest exposed rock in the state.

“Gitchie,” as it is affectionately called by locals, is also the site of a grim murder scene in which four boys under the age of 20 were shot and one 13-year-old girl was kidnapped. On the evening of November 19, 1973, three brothers from a farm in Iowa found the group of young Sioux Falls natives sitting around a campfire, smoking marijuana. They decided to impersonate narcotics officers to confiscate the group’s stash. In later testimony, the brothers claimed that they thought narcotics officers held the authority to punish drug users with death.

Spying on the group from a ridge overlooking the campfire, the brothers opened fire with shotguns, immediately killing one.

The three other boys were led along a trail and shot shortly after, and the young girl was taken to a farm to be raped. She was driven home late that night.

Thanks to the testimony of the girl, the three brothers were brought to trial. One managed to escape the Lyon County Jail and fled to Wyoming, where he was eventually caught. All three brothers are currently serving life sentences at the Iowa State Penitentiary without the possibility of parole.

Although it may be tempting to seek out the spirits or ghosts of these murders, Sioux Falls’ Donna O’Dea, a psychic medium, would advise otherwise. She believes that Gitchie Manitou is somewhat of a magnet for paranormal activity and cautions that, “People who are not mediums should not go out there to make contact.” O’Dea herself has no interest in visiting the site of the murders.

“I get uncomfortable going all the way in,” she says.

O’Dea has, however, encountered spirits and a ghost during her numerous visits with friends to the preserve. These expe-

nature at Gitchie Manitou, O’Dea was walking the path with her 16-year-old granddaughter and a group of friends one Sunday afternoon. She and her granddaughter came upon an exposed pipe, which seemed out of place. As they approached the pipe, they heard “an ominous growl” come out of it and immediately called out to friends that they were leaving. Later that day, as they sat at a stoplight on 41st and Minnesota with their Jeep’s top down, a beat-up and rusty yellow car pulled up beside them. The man in the passenger seat of that car—who appeared “unkempt and dirty with a mustache and five o’clock shadow”—growled at the group, just like they had heard from the pipe along the trail. O’Dea did not see the car out at Gitchie Manitou and does not believe the man was following them.

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asked Donna if she had ever visited another famously haunted site in the Sioux Falls area, “Spook Road” (aka 264th Street, or, Sale Barn Road). She stated, “I’ve never felt compelled to go there for any reason. I don’t think there is anything positive to find there.”

As the story goes, a girl committed suicide by hanging herself on the first bridge of the road, and later a family was found

“I get uncomfortable going all the way in,” - Psychic Medium Donna O’Dea, referring to ‘Gitcie Manitou’. riences have proven to be both pleasant and disturbing. On one summer evening, O’Dea returned with her friend to their car, but looked back before getting in. She saw a very elderly man who seemed to be from the 1940’s with a horse pulling an ice cart.

He was “very friendly,” and tipped his hat to her in a farewell gesture.

O’Dea recollects with fondness, “He said, ‘Just come back and see me anytime.’”

The friend she was with was a nurse at a VA hospital and noticed Donna witnessing something. As it turned out, a very old and notably affable man had died that day at the hospital. When he was a young man, he had delivered ice.

During an encounter of a more sinister

murdered under that same bridge. Although this story seems to be speculative, O’Dea mentioned the possibility of “residual haunting” in the area. As a place begins to develop a reputation for being haunted, she believes that it is possible for it to attract paranormal activity.

Aside from the usual, “Hang a donut on your rearview mirror and a ghost will take a bite,” and the, “Travel east and count five bridges; come back west and count only four,” Spook Road was the site of a rather strange police report in January 2003.

A car driving along the road was forced off into a ditch, having been closely tailed by a second vehicle. When a trooper arrived at the scene, the occupants of the

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She claimed that this is why they were tailing the car in front. A citation for following too closely was issued.

GARRETSON STEAK CHOP HOUSE

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ust 20 minutes Northeast of Sioux Falls, in Garretson, SD, there is another unique and allegedly haunted site: the Garretson Steak & Chop House.

Located on N. Main Avenue, the quartzite structure, built in 1872, is certainly historic to the area. And, according to owners Jill and Byron Caauwe, the apartments on the second floor were once used as a brothel.

Numerous strange incidents have taken place since Jill and Byron have owned the store. They have seen dark figures walking in the restaurant, and the motion detector at

the front door has a habit of going off when nothing is around to provoke it.

The basement seems to be particularly unusual. Little more than a stone floor and brittle quartz walls, it has a door that leads to nowhere. Jill also notes that, “when you’re in the basement, you can hear footsteps on the main level when you know no one is here.” She and Byron have also witnessed the spring-loaded doorway to the basement open and close on its own.

Anyone who plans to stop in at the steak house is welcomed by friendly company and hearty food. Jill and Byron don’t get annoyed by curious visitors. She states, “We love to share.” If you find this former brothel to be eerie, just ask them about their house. . . .

gesture was much appreciated. We drove around for a couple of hours, visiting the “haunted” locations on a relatively warm, April afternoon. To be truthful:

T

4.Donna O’Dea, psychic medium, is a lovely woman who I wouldn’t mind talking to again.

hese three sites in the Sioux Falls area all have a reputation for being haunted; however, surveyors need not experience the paranormal to enjoy them. As I was preparing for this article, local photographer, Rob Specht, was kind enough to guide me toward these Eastern South Dakota destinations. Considering the fact that I’m from the Black Hills, the

1. Gitchie Manitou was far from creepy; it was inviting and beautiful.

2. Spook Road was not “spooky;” it seemed like a pretty nice road to live on as I watched the sun lower in warm, prairie colors.

3. I’m not in any hurry to venture into the basement of a 19th century Garretson building that has a door that has a mind of its own, but the ground floor company was great.

Rob Specht sought photos; I sought the uncanny. Maybe I should have visited at night, but good company, beautiful nature and a very interesting afternoon were enough to satisfy me. Check out these sites this spring, if you dare.

MixeD r T L a A i m m

Arts

Sioux Falls natives and MMA pros Ben Nguyen and Shayna Baszler

ixed Martial Arts (MMA) is one of the fastest-growing sports around. Why, then, do most of us know little or nothing about it? Like most people, my only exposure to MMA has been comprised of the snippets of Ultimate Fighting matches that I’ve momentarily rested on while channel surfing. While popular opinion in the Midwest may still be that MMA is nothing more than excessive violence, there is an ever-increasing community of highly skilled fighters, trainers and promoters who have spent years seemingly shouting against the wind to gain recognition for their sport. I sat down with professional fighters Ben Nguyen, 20, and Shayna Baszler, 28, to discuss their experiences with MMA and gain a bit of perspective on a sport that appears poised to take over the world.

Photos by Candace Ann Photography

give the skinny on

what it’s like to live and breathe the art of fighting

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Life How did you start in martial arts?

coaches.

Ben: I started doing martial arts at the age of 12 after an incident in the park where I got bullied. My mom put me into Tae Kwon Do for a while. I did that for five years.

What is MMA?

Shayna: I started training in Brazilian JiuJitsu. Well, at the beginning I was training in submission grappling, which is a form of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It interested me. It’s a “ground art.” It’s a lot like wrestling. I grew up in a family of wrestlers. It’s something that’s always intrigued me, because wrestling wasn’t really something that I could do as a girl. I didn’t really want to do it, but they had these local amateur fights in town. I’d seen early UFC’s and knew that if somebody knew some piece of ground work that they could do really well, because everybody was just bar-brawling. I started learning it and took a fight here and there and kept getting bigger and bigger opportunities.

Is anyone else in your family involved?

Ben: My younger brother goes to the Tae Kwon Do gym that I used to go to.

Shayna: My dad and my uncle are wrestling

Ben: Mixed Martial Arts is the combination of…not all martial arts, but many martial arts combined into one. It makes a completely different thing.

Which martial arts does it include?

Ben: Mostly it has a lot of grappling, a lot of striking. Depending on who you are, you can use different techniques. Like for your standing, you can be a Karate guy, or myself, I’m a Muay Thai guy.

Shayna: It includes anything that you want to bring in within the rules of a Mixed Martial Arts sporting event. It’s going to sound really brutal at first until I explain, but it’s basically a fight. But like in boxing you can only throw punches, you can’t grab onto somebody and take them down to the ground. In MMA, there’s an outside game, so there’s striking, punches, kicks, knees. There’s a clench game, so there’s knees and elbows and strikes inside.

There’s takedowns. There’s ground work. It’s whatever you want to bring. Whatever martial art you want to pick. You can have a guy that studies Tae Kwon Do and wrestling against a guy that studies boxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Boxing and Tae Kwon Do would be their stand-up arts, and wresting and Jiu-Jitsu would be their ground arts. So it’s this human chess match.

Bruce Lee had a theory that in martial arts there wasn’t one martial art that’s the best martial art of all. He thought that everyone should go and study a bunch of martial arts and then pick and choose what works for them since everyone’s bodies are different.

MMA is the real application of that.

and drilling. I learn all sorts of different holds and moves and whatever suits me best. If I know something about my opponent, then I’ll probably want to learn counters to whatever he likes to do. Aside from the learning, there’s a bunch of conditioning. They say 50 percent of your fight training should be comprised of conditioning, because once you run out of gas, you can’t really do anything.

How do you train?

Shayna: About eight to 10 weeks out from a fight, training is really intense. Cardio goes up, and you’re drilling things that are specific for your opponent. In down time, if you’re just normally training, it’s still hard.

It’s just not as focused, so it’s not as intense.

You can explore different and new things because you’re studying to expand your game, as opposed to before a fight when you’re trying to pinpoint your game. In the down time, between fights, I train for six days and rest on the seventh. Then I have one easy day that’s more drilling. Otherwise, it’s hard, intense training five days a week. It involves everything from strength and cardio training to kickboxing and wrestling, grappling, judo. I’m pretty much training from six at night until two in the morning.

Ben: It varies. I train almost every day, except for Sundays. There’s a lot of learning involved. Learning

To build up your stamina, are you doing lots of cardio and running?

Ben: Actually, I don’t do any running. In the gym we do these rounds called “puke rounds.” It’s basically a bunch of circuit training. You move from one station to the next and it simulates a fight, because you’ll go one round where you just go all-out on the pads, and the next one you’ll be on the ground punching a dummy. It goes for about three minutes a round, and however many rounds you’ll be fighting, you try to go two more rounds than that.

Do you have a workout buddy or a trainer?

Shayna: My main coach is Josh Barnett and he’s one of the top-ranked heavyweights in the world. He lives out in California. We communicate a lot through YouTube. He sends me videos every week of stuff that he wants me working on. I send him videos of my training. He sends me voicemails back on the phone, “You were putting your left foot here, that’s bad. Do this.” We communicate that way. He makes me an eightweek syllabus with my diet and my strength training and stuff that he wants me doing.

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On top of that I have specific coaches. I have strength and conditioning coaches at X Fitness that run my cardio program. I have a great team at Next Edge Academy.

Bruce – he runs the grappling program, so he’s one of my grappling coaches. John Aarons is my kickboxing coach.

Ben: My trainer is Bruce Hoyer. He is actually my agent, too. He’s local, and he was Shayna’s agent for a long time. I train at Next Edge Academy, and pretty much the whole gym helps everybody out.

How do tournaments work?

Ben: I have an agent that scouts for me.

He tries to get the word out about me to all kinds of organizations. My league, the PFC, Palace Fighting Championship, is located in California. You’ll find me there whenever a fight comes around. I’m the only one from Sioux Falls. There is an organization around town called the Cage, Inc. If you want to fight Mixed Martial Arts, you should start there, because it’s amateur.

You want to start in the amateur ranks. You

Life don’t want to start pro right away, because you can hurt your record. Amateur gives you good experience.

Before tournaments, do you have to cut weight?

Shayna: Right now I have a contract with a company called Strikeforce. As a pro fighter, you’ll get a contract with an organization, and it will say something like, “we’ll guarantee you three fights in 18

Shayna: Yes. It’s like the most terrible torture ever. I fight at 135. I try to diet down to 139 or 140. Then I‘ll just dehydrate the rest off, weigh in and re-hydrate by the time I fight. It’s harder for females, because we have a higher body fat percentage, so we re-

don’t come into the gym and try to impress us by telling us that you’ve been in 47 street fights and never lost. We make fun of those guys. You wouldn’t go to the Sioux Falls Storm and say that you play touch football with your buddies and now you feel that you’re ready for the team. Nobody would do that, but they do it in fighting for some reason.

Ben: When I’m training for a fight, I’m eating tuna fish and grapefruits—a bunch of healthy stuff. I have a cheat day once a week where I eat whatever I want.

Shayna: During my downtime, I’ll cheat a lot more. For the most part, though, I try to eat clean. I’ll have my one day a week that’s a cheat day and I’ll eat whatever I want. As it gets closer to fight time, I have to wean off of that. It really is about cutting portion sizes. Then the week after a fight I’m really gluttonous and terrible…and drunk.

Is there anything that you cut out because you know it’s going to ruin everything?

Ben: I’d have to say beer and alcohol in general. It’s not so bad.

What about sponsors? months at ‘X’ amount, and ‘X’ amount and ‘X’ amount, incrementally increasing, usually. Then your management haggles over the contract. They pay for the travel, the lodging and food. Medical usually, but that can vary. You have to donate your body to science, pretty much, to fight. The week before a fight, they fly you out and you do the whole press thing. You know, the TV shot where you turn and look at the camera. I hate that. Then you’re doing photo shoots and interviews and press conferences and stuff like that. And then it’s fight time. It’s a show, an event. Fights are mostly where the hotbeds of boxing seem to be- California, New York, Las Vegas, Atlantic City. I’ve been to Japan and Costa Rica, but I haven’t gotten to fight here in the Midwest since my first pro fight, unless you count Denver.

tain more water. A guy can go and lose 10 pounds before weighing in, but a girl just can’t do that, so I have to be a lot stricter about dieting.

Ben: We dehydrate, but we get 24 hours recovery before a fight. In those 24 hours we’re drinking tons of water, you know, and going to the buffet.

Do you have a general diet that you stick to?

Ben: A lot of fighters make the majority of their money through sponsorships. I’m not there yet, though. I have sponsors, but I have a job, too. My sponsors are Clinch Gear—they make clothing and fight gear, X Fitness here in town— they hook me up with a place to go and lift weights, and then there’s Science Nutrition—they hook me up with supplements and vitamins.

Shayna: I have Hitman Fight Gear, Sinful Clothing, Room 101, ESP, Bull Thrower, X Fitness, Rokk Clothing.

How many weight classes are there?

Shayna: For females, they’re 105 and under, then 115, 125, 145, 155...

Ben: There’s 125, 135, 155, 170, 185...I am still the title-holder here in town for the 135 bantam weight division. Bantam weight is the name for the 135 division. In the league that I fight in now, it’s called “fly weight.”

I’m in 125 now. I cut down. The league and the weight class that I’m in right now is exactly where I want to be.

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With such a rigorous training and conditioning regimen, “cheat days” are far in between. Still, Nguyen and Baszler relish junk food - when they can.

Where do you see yourself in the future?

Ben: At 30 I plan to still be fighting. At 40 I hope MMA has taken over the world. At 50, I’ll probably be training fighters. I want to stay in Sioux Falls. The city’s growing and there is so much potential here.

From a professional martial arts standpoint, what do you think about UFC? Is that something that you would want to do?

Ben: Oh yeah. It’s where everyone wants to go. It’s kind of the “big dog” right now. It’s where you can make the most money…and everybody knows UFC. We all want to be in that spotlight. You get those people who are kind of skeptical about it, but overall it brings good attention to the sport.

Shayna: I think that it’s finally getting to a point where people understand what it is.

There are still those people, especially here in the Midwest, who have the misconception that it’s a bunch of barbarians...That it’s

violence and a bunch of meatheads swinging...That it’s human cock-fighting. I think that people, partially thanks to the UFC, are realizing that there’s skill involved. That we’re athletes just like in any other sport.

Have you ever been injured?

Ben: No. I haven’t been seriously injured.

The thing about Mixed Martial Arts is that it’s a very safe sport compared to sports like boxing where you can get life-threatening injuries and brain damage. In MMA you definitely get hit in the face less.

What advice would you give to someone wanting to start MMA? Shayna: The thing that I want to say to everyone who comes into the gym and wants to fight MMA is to get away from the MMA moniker. MMA is so universal now that people think of MMA—mixed martial arts—as an art itself. It’s not. So I would say to get away from that and get into the gym.

Spend a long time learning just Jiu-Jitsu.

Learning just wrestling. Learning boxing for boxing’s sake, you know? Muay Thai for Muay Thai’s sake. Learn these separately.

Then, when you become proficient enough at them, you can try to put them together and do MMA. Also, don’t come into the gym and try to impress us by telling us that you’ve been in 47 street fights and never lost. We make fun of those guys. You wouldn’t go to the Sioux Falls Storm and say that you play touch football with your buddies and now you feel that you’re ready for the team. Nobody would do that, but they do it in fighting for some reason.

Ben: Get into the gym and start training. It doesn’t matter where you go. I would start with beginner classes in martial arts. You won’t see results right away. It’ll take time.

It took me a year before I got looked at. I was just training, not fighting or anything.

Go to an established martial arts gym, and they’ll take care of you.

Shayna has a fight on June 19th that will be aired on Showtime. For more information, visit her fan site at myspace.com/ Shayna_Baszler

To learn about Ben’s upcoming bouts, check out palacefightingchampionship.com

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REAL deal:

Dan Hodges

by mary dodson Hometown: Chicago, Ill. Age: 21 Specialty: Acting

role,” Hodges explains, “there’s no more famous figure in history.”

Hodges feels that working in theatre helps to forge relationships with others. “It’s less about you and more about the community,” he says. “You’re constantly learning from the directors as well as the other actors.”

However, theatre work also has its challenges. “Acting is not as

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ans of University of Sioux Falls theatre may recognize Dan Hodges. A double-major in English and Theatre, Hodges has been involved in 12 USF theatrical productions, most recently appearing as Leo Bloom, one of the leading roles in USF’s production of The Producers, a popular musical by Mel Brooks, which closed in February.

Born in Chicago, Ill., Hodges moved to Sioux Falls at the age of 12 and attended Lincoln High School, where he was involved in choir. A friend encouraged him to get involved in acting, and Hodges says, “It was a natural transition from choir to musical theatre.”

Two of his favorite roles that he has played are Bloom in The Producers and Jesus Christ in Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell.

“We were the first college in the area to put on The Producers, so it was an opportunity for me to put my mark on the role,” Hodges says.

Hodges appreciated the experience of working with a smaller cast in Godspell; also Photo by Jayne Erickson “it was personally rewarding for me to be entrusted with this

Photo by Jayne Erickson

In addition to his many acting duties, Hodges serves as anchor on USF’s weekly news program “College Week.” Photo by Nick Poppens easy as it seems,” Hodges says. Time management is another issue; it is difficult to balance the demands of a class schedule and what could be considered an extracurricular activity. As Hodges explains, “You learn to multi-task, and to get by on four hours of sleep.”

But it’s not only theatre that keeps Hodges busy. Hodges is involved in several USF student organizations, including the student senate, the USF Green Club and is the anchor of USF’s news program, College Week, airing Saturday mornings on KCPO. Hodges also works in the USF admissions office as a campus tour guide, at Lincoln High School as an assistant oral interpretation coach and at the Washington Pavilion as a box office representative and acting instructor with the Community Resource Center. “I’m an activity junkie,” says Hodges.

Hodges graduates from USF in May and intends to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree “in acting or some theatre-related field.” Currently, Hodges is in rehearsal as a chorus member in the Sioux Empire Community Theatre production of Chicago, opening May 1st.

For ‘Chicago’ ticket information, stop by the Orpheum Theatre Center box office or orpheum.sfarena.com.

In one of his favorite roles to date, Hodges played Bloom in USF’s production of Mel Brooks’ The Producers. Photo by Amanda Ryrholm

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Ask The Johns

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es, all three of these guys are named John. Yes it was a popular name in the 80’s (I’m sure you feel their pain all you Katies, Michaels and Jessicas). But these three gentlemen, when not slaving away at Worlds of Warcraft, are here to answer every question you throw at them. They’re suave, sort of hip and are here for you.

The identity of these three amigos have been altered to protect the innocent.

A pal of mine started dating this girl who I can’t stand. Like say if Rosie O’Donnell and Rosie Perez had a baby; that would be her. How do I delicately get him to get rid of her?

-Nate, 22 John P: Start a bunch of rumors that she is cheating on him and pay some random girl a small fee to say she was the one. It will be one of the best investments one could make in this economy.

John W: If she is the banshee that you describe, she’ll 86 herself fast enough.

John T: Wow, I am actually terrified. I have heard myths of such a creature, but never truly believed it existed. Joking aside, you may not like her and she may frighten you, but your buddy obviously enjoys being with her. At the end of the day it is his choice, and if he truly likes her then I am willing to bet he could care less

what you think. Like Robin Williams once said, “Never pick a fight with an ugly person. They’ve got nothing to lose.”

I’ve had about enough of my friend being shady.

She always wants to go out, but then when we are out she looks bored until she finds a guy to talk to and ditches us for him. It’s like she doesn’t even like going out with us, she just likes using us to be her backdrop while she talks to dudes.

What do I do?

-Megan, 24 John P: I was always taught not to judge a book by its cover, but I may have to go against this by saying if she looks bored, she probably is bored. Stop being boring and she’d hang out with you. The Slap Chop™ guy says getting a slap chop makes your life less boring. Maybe start there.

John W: Next time you are out, let her get through the whole process, and just as she is about to leave with a guy, slip him a note that says she has crabs.

John T: Stop being her backdrop. I may be wrong, but it appears that she is more of a burden than she is a friend. I don’t think you should waste your time on someone who doesn’t value your company or your friendship. If you really care about her as a friend, then you need to be honest with her and tell her how you feel.

My friend is really creepy, and sometimes I think she is borderline obsessed with me. She dresses like me, has the same haircut, makes me say “I love you” at the end of every phone conversation, or she’ll get mad, and makes me constantly tell her I’m her best friend. How do I approach this situation?

-Heather, 18

John P: It is possible that your friend also lives in the 00s and has the same fashion sense as every other girl your age. Maybe you just think you’re really cool and she thinks the current trends are cool. It’s okay to be someone’s best friend. I’m surprised someone as awesome as you didn’t know that. As far as love goes, ask her to start saying she’s “in like” with you.

John W: TACTICAL WITHDRAWAL! This psycho is going to go single white female all over you. People this unhinged are either Vikings fans or future murderers. Either way, they are misguided and scary.

John T: I think that “borderline obsessed” does not even come close to describing your friend. I personally would tell your friend to stop acting so weird and that she is really creeping you out. I am really at a loss here. No offense, but this sounds like your friend has some serious issues. She really needs to grow up and start thinking and acting for herself. She obviously idolizes you, and I think you really need to sit her down and explain to her how incredibly insane she is acting. This really needs to stop before she forms a cult that is devoted to worshiping you.

Have a question for the Johns? Shoot an email their way at TheJohns@605magazine. com.

Disclaimer: Ask the Johns is a sarcastic piece.

Their advice is not meant to be taken literally… except maybe John T’s.

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The

H

SCOOP

: Binge Drinking

BY JAMIE BULIAN

angovers. Fights. Wasted Money. Vomiting. Blackouts.

Why would anyone want to go through these things for the sole sake of getting drunk? Though it may look ludicrous in print, the truth is that several young adults, especially college students, go out several times a week with the intention of getting drunk, regardless of the after effects.

One 21-year-old female said it is the social aspect of drinking that makes it so appealing to consume several drinks in a night.

“That’s just what people do on the weekends,” she said. “Since I go to class and study all week long, I don’t get to see or talk to many people, but on the weekends I get to drink with friends to catch up and have a good time.”

While several college students agreed socializing was the driving force behind their drinking, many also said that they have used alcohol to deal with an awkward or uncomfortable situation.

“I have purposely drank more than usual because of a guy before,” said one 22-yearold female. “We were just getting to know each other, so things were still a bit uncomfortable at times, and alcohol seemed to loosen both of us up to conversation.”

Although alcohol has worked for some in easing unpleasant situations or relaxing after a long week, numerous people have felt the downside of drinking.

One 24-year-old male said he has participated in several acts because he was drinking that he later regretted.

“I have done too many stupid things to count, like getting into arguments with my girlfriend, stumbling into the wrong house, getting caught by law enforcement, and losing half of my belongings,” he said. “It is crazy to think about how impaired you really are when under the influence.”

Several young adults reported participating in similar behaviors when under the influence. However, alcohol can, and is proven to lead to many other negative behaviors,

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according to Dr. John Korkow, Professor in the Department of Alcohol and Drug Studies at the University of South Dakota.

“First off, most fatal driving accidents in the United States involve binge drinking. Also, whether binge or not, people who have been drinking are far more likely to participate in violent behavior. Alcohol increases aggression and decreases the ability to distinguish between high and low threat situations,” Korkow said.

Korkow also said that people who drink at a young age do not do as well as their non-drinking peers on tests of long and short term memory.

Now, some of you may be asking, what exactly qualifies as “binge” drinking?

According to Korkow, binge drinking for a male is five or more drinks in a 24 hour period. For a female, the number drops to four or more drinks in a 24 hour period.

Clearly then, the 21 shots for your 21st birthday tradition that so many abide by far exceeds the safe limit of alcohol that should be consumed in one day.

While some USD students admitted that they attempted to take 21 shots because they wanted to say they did it, others said it was almost impossible not to with the peer pressure at the bars.

“I didn’t go out with the intent of taking 21 shots on my birthday, but when so many people were buying them for me, and I was already tipsy, it was so hard to say no,” said one 22-year-old female.

Although several young adults confess to

taking 21 shots because of a desire to follow the tradition, some people said they think the idea is ridiculous.

“Taking 21 shots in only a few hours is a stupid idea that only very experienced

Life drinkers can handle,” said one 23-year-old male. “There is nothing you have to prove once you are of legal age to drink.”

According to Korkow, taking 21 shots in one evening is deadly behavior.

an evening is one that may diminish with age, according to many.

One 27-year-old male said he used to go out with the intention of getting “wasted,” but now only has a few with friends or to

shots all in a matter of hours has gotten me sick too many times,” said one 24-year-old male. “Now I try to stick to beer for the entire night, and drink water before bed and when I wake up,” he said.

“I have done too many stupid things to count, like... stumbling into the wrong house... losing half my belongings... it is crazy to think about how impaired you are when under the influence.”

“The lethal dose for alcohol actually can be as low as a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .30. Each drink consumed, on average, will raise a person’s BAC by .02. Twenty-one shots is the equivalent in the average person of a BAC of .40. At .40, approximately 10 percent of people reaching this BAC will die of alcohol poisoning,” Korkow said.

Though it’s obvious that the college atmosphere in the United States is one that encourages and tolerates binge drinking, the obsession to consume several drinks in

watch a sporting event.

“I used to start my night with the desire to get crazy, but now I drink at my own pace. I don’t feel obligated to play drinking games for the purpose of getting drunk like I did in college,” he said.

Along with a decreased desire to binge drink, many young adults have learned, sometimes the hard way, how to handle their alcohol and prevent hangovers.

“I try to stick with one type of drink per night. Switching from beer, to liquor, to

Korkow said a safe amount to drink is four drinks in a 24 hour period for a 175-pound male and about three drinks in a 24 hour period for a 150-pound female.

Korkow also said that alcohol should be consumed in a social setting, with food, and at the rate of no more than one drink per hour.

Names were not mentioned in this article to protect their identity.

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He Said, She Said...

IT

’s all about the

he said, she said bull… you get it.

Lady Tove and Sir Mammenga are here to cut the middle man and give straight-up answers for relationships from a male and female perspective.

This guy who was hitting on me was someone I didn’t originally think would be my type and started to grow on me.

We both have mutual friends and kept hanging out together. Finally, one night he made a move on me, and I told him I liked him. After that silence followed, and I haven’t heard from him for a week. Why did he hit on me for weeks and make the move and then close up?

-Ashleigh, 21 T: Ah yes, the typical dine and ditch; except now it’s date and ditch. I’ve learned from experience that just because a guy shows interest for a couple of weeks doesn’t necessarily mean he wants to commit. The time you two spent together could be called the trial period: He’s testing the waters to see if he can see himself with you for longer

was really frustrating and disheartening, but it wasn’t the end of my world, and this shouldn’t be the end of yours.

Unfortunately, since your emotions were invested it’s hard to just shrug it off. However, you can be rest assured knowing that he’s probably not ready to commit to anyone, not just you. He’s still having fun being single, testing the waters of different ladies and you just happen to get in his path. It sucks, but it happens.

“Eventually, women kill M: Well Ashleigh, a number of come to my mind for his you. Seriously, they live reasons sudden disconnect of communicaFirst off, maybe you are a bad longer. Why do you think tion. a kisser? I’m going to assume that by “make a move” you mean that that is?” than just three weeks.

In this instance, he apparently wasn’t quite to the same level you were, and you expressing your sincere interest was enough to send him running. Don’t feel bad. This happens to tons of people, not just you. In fact, I used to have a three week curse: A guy would date me and really seem like he was into me, then three weeks later he would fall off the face of the earth. It

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the two of you were doing a little lip locking. Maybe he was expecting a little more out of someone he had pursued for so long and built up in his mind. Or, maybe he is having the same feelings you were having earlier about not being the same type and he just needed a little more time to realize it. It is also possible that he joined a doomsday cult, left town to their “compound” and was told that all forms of communication with the outside world

were forbidden.

While all of these might be possibilities, I think that I’m going to lean toward option four. What is option four you ask? Well, he had been laying the ground work for some time and was probably shocked to hear that you were interested. I mean, you did say that he wasn’t your type and I’m here to tell you that he definitely picked up on that earlier. So he probably has some qualms about this situation. But do not fret, my dear. It is 2009 not 1959. Why don’t you give him a call and get to the bottom of this yourself?

At least this way you’ll know for sure.

My girlfriend only watches shows like 48 Hours, Cold Case and American Justice. Is she going to eventually kill me?

-Dead, 26 T: Yes. The television shows she watches are for the sole purpose of plotting your death and effectively covering it up. Nice deductive reasoning.

M: OH NO! You seriously need to run away. RUN, don’t walk! This is obviously a set up to get you for every mistake you have ever made in this relationship. I’m here to tell you, my man, that if you don’t run for

“I used to have a three week curse: a guy would date me and really seem like he was into me, then three weeks later he would fall off the face of the earth.”

the hills now, you are going to wake up taped to a wheelchair alá Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Red Dragon. From there she will torture you for every misstep you made in the relationship until you eventually meet your imminent doom (hint: it rhymes with Seth).

Or… could it be that she just finds these shows entertaining? Do you think that could be the more logical answer? Have you ever sat down and watched these shows?

They are actually very entertaining. You should sit down and watch with her. I’m betting that you’ll like them just as much as she does. It’s a winless battle anyway, my friend. Eventually women kill you. Seriously, they live longer. Why do you think that is?

My boyfriend and I are thinking of getting a dog together. How soon is too soon to get a pet as a couple? What happens if we break up? Do I dibs them first just in case?

-Confused, 23 T: If part of your question is “Do I dibs them first just in case,” your relationship probably isn’t mature enough for the two of

you to invest in a pet. A pet should come after the two of you have been living together for a while, especially if both of you tend to get really emotionally involved in animals.

There isn’t a magic number that says how soon you can have a pet, just as there isn’t a magic number dictating the time before you become engaged or get married. Everything happens at a different pace for different couples. As soon as you feel your relationship has a strong foundation and a positive outlook, go ahead and find the pet of your dreams. Just don’t forget, a pet is a living being, too, and you can’t ignore their well-being and happiness no matter how things turn out for you and your man.

M: This is a very tricky situation. A dog is a huge responsibility and will seriously test your relationship. Seriously, they are like babies. They need to be fed regularly, bathed regularly and need to be taken out to poop regularly. Not to mention they cost a lot - and I mean a lot - of money. I would

recommend some serious thought on this idea. You need to make sure that you are in a committed and healthy relationship that has some longevity. And by longevity I mean the very real possibility of the “M” word (another hint: it rhymes with Shmarriage).

Now, as far as who gets the dog in the event of a break up, I’m not entirely sure on that. As far as I know there is no doggy court to help settle custody battles over dogs. But, I would assume that if the two of you couldn’t be cordial about it, you could bring it before a judge and he would decide who is more able to take care of the dog.

Like I said earlier, a dog is a like a child, and America takes dog cases seriously (see: Michael Vick). But the fact that you are asking this question only illustrates that you are not ready. I say wait and see how the relationship progresses. You’ll be better off.

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FashionVOID With the Institute of Design and Technology, Anita Kealy brings students a chance to explore a career in fashion close to home

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t may be her Midwestern upbringing or just instinctive doggedness, but for whatever reason, when Anita Kealy wants something to happen, she makes it happen.

South Dakota’s first fashion design program, the Institute of Design and Technology of South Dakota.

Kealy is also creating week-long “Project Design Boot Camps” that will start this summer and are aimed at eighth-grade to senior high school students.

“Instead of waiting for something to happen, I go Kealy, a native South Dakotan who owns The De- make it happen,” she says. “When I was first starting sign Studio in downtown Sioux Falls, is launching in the business, I hit a glass ceiling. I was really an several fashion design programs that she hopes gives oddity, being very focused on a career. I bumped my head many times on that glass ceiling. But my attitude was, ‘I’m going to create.’ Whenever there is a need, I go and create something.”

The nine-month design program will admit only 20 students and cost approximately $12,500, Kealy says.

The costs cover tuition, lab fees, a trip to the garment district in New York City, and materials. Classes will be held at historic 125 S. Main Street, near Kealy’s own design loft.

According to Kealy, the Midwest lacks any sort of fashion design program that is competitive with schools on the coasts. She is confident her program has the potential to turn that stereotype around. As a designer known in the Miss American pageant circles for her leg-lengthening stilettos, Kealy says she’s gotKealy (wearing a top from her Dakota by Design fashion line) seeks to create a ten more national exposure because of her South Dakota roots. competitive fashion design program in the Midwest - at a fraction of the price “I really think I’ve gotten this recompared to the programs on the coasts. sponse because it’s not expected,” she says. “I’ve been to a lot of deSouth Dakota students a chance to explore fashion sign awards, and they always remember the designer design as a career. from South Dakota. We have a huge advantage right Starting in September, Kealy will be one of a hand- here in our own backyard. Nationally, they take note ful of teachers who are signed on as instructors for of us because we’re not what they expect.”

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In comparison to most four-year design schools on the coasts, Kealy thinks her program is “incredibly reasonable.

“Most four-year programs run about $20-25,000 a year,” she says. “That’s a big investment. This will be a totally extensive study, and you’re going to learn as

portunity to build a portfolio. O’Connor attended a month-long summer program at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City in 2004 and said the experience, though worthwhile, was costly.

“Travelling that far made it really difficult for a student, especially high school students,” she says.

“When I was first starting in the business, I hit a glass ceiling. I was really an oddity, being very focused on a career. I bumped my head many times on that glass ceiling. But my attitude was, ‘I’m going to create.’ Whenever there is a need, I go and create something.” much in that one year that normally in design school you wouldn’t get to do until your junior or senior year.”

Molly O’Connor, a senior at the University of South Dakota who is possibly interested in pursuing an education in fashion design, says she thinks it is important for South Dakota students to have an op-

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“It’s a drawback for students from South Dakota to have to go to New York City to take those kinds of classes. I’m guessing I was one of the few from the Midwest.”

The education that will be offered at the Institute of Design and Technology of South Dakota will range from classically-based illustration, such as drawing the human body, to learning the tricks of entrepreneurship. The students will develop a clothing collection, some of which will be sold as part of Kealy’s Dakota by Design line. Three of those pieces will also be modeled at a fashion show in May, Kealy says.

“They will get the whole design experience that I had to do in my four years (at Parsons School of Design in New York),” she says.

To celebrate its first year, the school will be offering a total of $5,000 worth of scholarships, Kealy says.

She hopes in 2010 the school will offer up to $10,000.

The scholarship application, which is essentially a design competition, is due May 29. Students can find out more about the scholarship at www.idtsd.org.

Kealy’s week-long Project Design Boot Camp is designed to give younger students a taste for design and a chance to build their portfolio. Classes will run from 9:30-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and cost $695. The costs include meals and about $250 of supplies that students will be able to keep, Kealy says. Discounts up to 40 percent are also available for students who register early and who take multiple classes.

It’s a great cost for the experience, she says, noting that comparable camps across the country can cost up to $5,000. The camps will end with a gallery presentation for family and friends, where students will display their drawings, designs and clothing.

“It’s a lot like Project Runway,” Kealy says. “You have competition in your class, and you are only as good as the peers around you. It’s really cool how students feed off each other and improve. They are going to be the envy of their friends.”

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NICK KOTZEA VS.

Children of the World I’m sitting in a laundromat. A small child, not more than 7 years of age, dashes back and forth in front of me, fueled by youth and, presumably, an unbalanced diet loaded with refined sugar. This rambunctious blur of mischief will not be denied my attention, capturing my eyes and ears with an unavoidable display of energy and innocence.

He shrieks. He laughs. He maneuvers with a reckless curiosity by which only a child can be consumed.

And all the while, throughout his entire exhibition of youthful animation, I fantasize about the satisfaction I would receive seeing this little monster trip over his own feet.

Perhaps this is confirmation I’m ill-prepared for the rigors of parenthood. Perhaps, for once, I merely want to do my laundry without being terrorized by poorly supervised brats borne from the bowels of hell. Either way, I’m left to wonder what a competent parent would do. Uniform disciplinary measures?

Reverse psychology? Bribery? Sell the kid?

Break his self-esteem with unreasonable parental expectations? Perhaps inundate the child with the achievements of a sibling until he becomes so psychologically defeated that he runs away from home? I assume easy answers are difficult to come by in the world of parenting, which raises the question, why create the problem?

Kotzea This month, another Mother’s Day will come and go, and the woman who brought me into this world will once again be stuck with my brother and me, two twenty-somethings who have apparently run our course as useful human offspring. Not unlike salmon and a multitude of insect species, our sole remaining purpose, at least in the eyes of my mother, is to produce grandchildren and die. While women across the world spend billions attempting to defy age, my mom maintains an irrational obsession with the idea of becoming a grandmother.

Her condition is not entirely unforeseen. My mom was 20 and my dad was 24 the day I was born. I am now a decrepit 27-yearold who has inexplicably failed to start a family in a world already overpopulated, polluted, economically demoralized and paralyzed by a constant fear of worldwide nuclear terrorism. What gives?

This isn’t meant to come off as some standup comedian’s clichéd monologue on marriage and kids. I very much want both someday.

This is an endorsement of the proposition that it’s perfectly accept-

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able to enjoy your late 20s and beyond without a wedding band or a screaming infant vomiting partially digested breast milk on your shoulder.

I do believe in the influences of internal biological clocks, which some studies now suggest affect both men and women. But what I find more telling are the social and familial pressures that shape our marital and child-bearing patterns of behavior. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the median age at first marriage in the United States is 27 for men and 26 for women. Reasons for holding off on marriage include career priorities, fear of divorce, premarital cohabitation, general unsightliness and unreasonable holdouts for the University of Southern California cheerleading squad. Some see the delay as cold, mechanical and unromantic, or even symptomatic of a slippery slide toward the white-hot furnaces of hell. To each his own – that’s my take.

One factor in which I can take solace is that my present unwed status buys me valuable time. I think most people who are not driven to madness by grandmother fever appreciate the magnitude of this detail. While more than 40 percent of all American children

Not unlike salmon and a multitude of insect species, our sole remaining purpose, at least in the eyes of my mother, is to produce grandchildren and die. are now born out of wedlock, suffice it to say I’m neither seeking to bolster that statistic, nor am I casting judgment. I’m simply what some might consider a “traditionalist,” i.e., if I’m going to bring kids into this world, they will be born out of mutual mistake in a loveless marriage destined to end in a messy, public divorce. It’s called family values.

At this point, I can probably handle marriage. But children, at least for the immediate future, fall in my priority list somewhere in the neighborhood of “watch a Paul Walker movie marathon” and “provide Octomom my Social Security number.” My perspective entails equal parts “things I want to be doing” and “things I’d rather not be doing.” The former contemplates an infinite list of selfish

the 19-year-old blonde working at American Eagle. I don’t have a crystal ball.

I concede full credit to the view that “I simply won’t understand until I have kids.” Absolutely. I won’t. I have no doubt having a child is a special experience, but there is no way to truly wrap my head around that.

To me, my mom’s subtle lobby for a grandkid is not entirely unlike someone trying to talk his college roommate into financing a 65-inch flat-panel LCD. “It will forever alter the way you watch sports.

Colors will be brighter. Sounds will be crisper.

Trans fats will taste better. It will change your life.”

That’s fantastic for the advocate, because he gets carte blanche access while assuming no obligations.

It’s bittersweet for the buyer because, although he can totally see the blackheads on Joe Mauer’s face, he’s also the one footing the oppressive payments and constantly on the lookout for flying Bud Light bottles.

I’m not ready to embrace that kind of responsibility, but I am willing to take baby steps, if for no other reason, to appease my mother. So the next time the laundromat brat is under my skin, I won’t envision his clumsy demise. I’ll exercise patience and place myself in the difficult shoes of a parent. (I can tell you already I’m thinking flip-flops and Cancun.)

Children, at least for the immediate future, fall in my priority list somewhere in the neighborhood of “watch a Paul Walker movie marathon” and “provide Octomom my Social Security number.” acts of which a child would only deplete needed time and resources. The latter might fittingly be described as a general statement of revulsion toward baby poop, minivans and the thought of someday boring my childless friends with pictures and stories concerning my unremarkable kids.

I have no doubt my outlook will change, but for now, pining for a mini-me is both emotionally and financially irresponsible. Yeah, maybe there is something romantic about scraping by with your spouse, making sacrifices to give the kids a proper upbringing. But maybe one day you lose your mind and run off to Mexico with

Nick Kotzea, 27, is a lawyer in Pierre, SD, and a proud double-graduate of the University of South Dakota.

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“Get a Job!” Job!” Tips and Strategies for a Successful Career Search

by Kiley Barnes Illustration by Kiel Mutschelknaus

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raduation has arrived for some. After years of anticipation and preparation, our heads are still in a spin. “What do I do now?!” Well, take a deep breath. Now exhale, and let’s take this process one step a time.

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irst of all, understand now that of sources and contacts. After all, regardless of how fool-proof you you’re paying for it, so take advanthought your five-year plan to be, tage. no 10-step program can ensure your happiness. The best thing you can do for yourself is to be flexible and openminded to different opportunities.

Explore careers outside of your specialized field you might be interested in as well as those related to your major. You may be surprised and thrilled to find that your capabilities and passions succeed those you focused your attention on for the last, generally speaking, four years of your life. Also, it may take a while to find your dream job, so find something else you would enjoy in the meantime.

Where to go: Career Services: Utilize Career Services at your school. They will have some great information on job openings as well as a great list

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Job Search Websites: There is a plethora. Some sites will even have you fill out a profile of your interests and experiences so they can notify you of jobs that fit your needs and qualifications.

People you know: Chances are, somebody will know somebody, who knows somebody. If you have good relations with the people in your everyday life, they will be more than happy to help you out and hook you up.

Recruiting Agency: They will work with you one-on-one to make sure you find a perfect fit.

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nce you have found a few jobs you are interested in, the first thing you need is a strong resume.

When writing your resume, be sure to think like an employer, not an unemployed

college student. Here are some things an employer looks for in a strong resume:

an “achievements” list. It is a more optimistic approach, giving the employer an understanding that you view work as an opportunity for self-improvement rather than chores and tasks. Remember that you are selling yourself; be positive and confident!

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fter you have sent your glowing-with-aptitude resume along to your future employer, he/ she is going to want an interview with you. A local recruiting firm, Management Recruiters of Sioux Falls, has some helpful tips on how to dominate your interview:

1. Format and Layout: It should be easy to find specific information.

This includes effective titles and bulleted lists. Take the extra time to make sure it is appealing and well-organized. The employer’s 4. Technicalities: Proofread, proof- 1. Have a solid handshake and eyes should be easily led through read, proofread. And once you are greeting. First impressions are evits content. This includes open done doing that, have someone erything. space and a simple, easy-to-read else proofread for you. It is reduntypeface. This does not include dant, I know, but for a reason: It 2. The employer actually makes up pictures or large paragraphs. is oh-so-important. Those seemtheir mind that you’re the person ingly insignificant spelling errors they’re looking for in the first five and punctuation misuses are a big 2. Tailor Made: Adapt your resume minutes. The rest of the time they to each specific employer. Look at turn-off in the professional world spend with you is to justify their that you are trying to enter. Hold the job listing you found and be decision, so don’t put your guard sure to prove through your listed yourself to high standards. Your down. Remain polished, confiexperience that you meet and exdent and sincere. future employer wants to see that ceed their needs. you are well literate and detail3. Achievements: Turn your “reoriented, so give him/her what 3. Always speak positively about your experiences and current sponsibilities included…” list into she wants.

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4. Never be the first to bring up compensation. If they bring it up, accurately state where you currently are on a salary-basis, and tell them that, “If you feel that I am the right fit for your position, I am looking for your fairest offer.” In their eyes, this will look like you’re interested in the opportunity, and not just the paycheck.

Th e E x t r a To u c h - Be sure your cell phone is on you at all times to ensure that you are easy to get a hold of (but make sure to turn it off during the interview).

-Be sure your phone is up for the task: No ring-back tones, and have a simple, yet professional outgoing message.

-Google yourself. Clean up your Myspace and Facebook accounts.

Make sure there are no pictures or other information you wouldn’t want your future employer to see.

-Dress to impress. Sometimes the right mindset follows the right action, so dress “profesh” and expect to feel on top of your game.

-Be nice to everyone you meet. Networking is the key to finding a great job. “It’s not always what you know, but who you know.” rest. “I like what I see; how do I become a part of your team?” It shows confidence and interest— two of the most vital things your future employer is looking for.

5. Finally, if you like what you’ve heard and like what you’ve seen, ask for the next step in their process at the end of the interview.

Most people don’t ask for the job, Now you are well-equipped to score so this will separate you from the your dream job. Remember to be

flexible, confident and interested, and the world will be yours for the taking. As the Chinese philosopher Confucius would tell you, “Find a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

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On a daily occurrence, you are reading: a. PerezHilton.com and any

other celebrity news you can get. b. The newspaper. c. A book. Does anyone else remember what that is, people?!

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When you talk on the phone with your friends, you talk about:

a. Everything. You quiz each other for who

knows what about who, and the juicier the better. b. If you are going to make plans this weekend. c. To fact check someone’s story they heard about earlier that day.

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Your brother calls you to tell you something intense that happened to him and swears you to secrecy. You:

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People look at you as:

a. Someone to talk to when they

need a friend. b. Someone to never tell anything to, otherwise the entire town will know. c. Someone to talk to, but not really to confide in.

a. Call your friends right away and start off

the conversation, “I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone, but…” b. Have it build up inside of you for days and slip it out to people after a few drinks. c. Keep your word.

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When you see something happening, like your friend who is in a relationship making out with someone else, you: a. Look away and pretend nothing

happened. b. Text their significant other right away. c. Tell everyone in your phone book the next day.

Fiend Machine

7-10 Points You not only get into everyone’s business, but you’ll do whatever it takes to find out the latest on everyone. You’re probably the person who thinks the sound amplifiers on the infomercials are the best invention ever. The only thing you don’t realize is that pretty soon no one will tell you anything because they’ll be deathly afraid of you blabbing your mouth. There is a way to find out interesting stories or fun things about someone without hurting feelings. Put down the phone and relax.

Curious George

4-6 Points You’re getting a little too interested in what everyone is doing, but you’re in the safe zone. Make sure you know the difference between getting nosey and having a normal conversation.

Trustworthy

0-3 Points You only care about being there for your friends and being the person to talk to when someone needs to confide in someone. You must have a lot of friends for being so loyal.

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Need help? That’s where Kat Christensen from The Beauty Room and Kim Jones from The Man Salon come in.

Help! It’s attack of the eyebrow!

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tends to happen to guys, especially, where no attention is paid to their furry friends above their eyes. Unless you’re going for the whole Burt from Sesame Street look, you should probably do something about it. Christensen says guys really need to remember to tend to their eyebrows, especially if they want to charm the ladies. “We do notice,” says Christensen.

To take care of this at home, simply trim everything that shows above the natural brow line and be-

low it with a small scissors. If you are a lady who is doing this, Christensen suggests using a brow gel or clear mascara to brush them in place when you’re finished. Guys don’t need to use any product after

back for another wax. They’ll keep it under control and give you the natural arch you want to achieve.

Sugar paste

Considering it’s for hair removal, you might not want to eat it. This method from an ancient Middle Eastern practice uses an all-natutrimming.

If you’re a guy and want your eye- ral paste made from food-derived brows professionally done, Jones ingredients like sugar, water and says The Man Salon and other loca- lemon juice to remove hair follitions will offer and an eyebrow trim cles from the root, lasting up to six and/or a wax with your haircut. It weeks. Every time you “sugar,” you is not uncommon now for guys to come in and ask to get their eye- Unless you’re going for the ‘whole brows done, Jones says, and around Burt from Sesame Street’ look, you 50 percent of male customers get their eyebrows done during their should probably do something visit. Usually they get a trim and get about it. the middle waxed.

Jones warns that guys doing eyebrows at home could get ugly. “Make reduce hair growth by a third. This sure if you do it at home to have a method can be better for your skin comb in between the trimmer and because it is an exfoliate, so while your skin. I’ve seen guys come in wax burns and irritates skin, using with spots in their eyebrows,” she the sugar paste only removes your dead skin with the hair follicle. says.

The only professional in the area that has this option is Hello GorWhere did they go? geous salon in Brandon, SD, but you can make your own sugar paste at The other problem, which has home and try it for yourself. women as the usual culprits, is Whichever method you want to what Christensen calls the “comma give a try, make sure you do what brow” or “rainbow brow.” This is you can to have clean, attractive eyewhere someone nearly plucks the brows to accent your lovely and/or entire brow off when they’re trying dashing face. to achieve a high arch. According to Christensen the hair might not grow Ask your dermatologist if you are back, so go to a professional for best on a medication that may cause reacresults to have them shape the brow, tions before you start waxing. and you can tweeze hairs that come back. When you are losing shape, go

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e have access to all the goods around town and are willing to share the wealth. Check out these featured items from local establishments. P.S. This is only the beginning of what you can find, so if you like what you see, check ‘em out yourself!

Coffee Karma

These raw Indian Monsoon Malabar are paired with Full City Roast Kenya AA Beans and are available whole bean or ground for $11 per pound ($10 per pound on Tuesdays). Available at Michelle’s downtown!

Ya Ginger!

Buy this four-pack of Reed’s Ginger Brews (originally $6.49) for $4.79 at The CO-OP Natural Foods.

This will be perfect, and necessary, when lounging outside.

Natural Foods Coop.

2504 S Duluth Ave Sioux Falls, SD 57105 (605) 339-9506 www.eastdakotah.com

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Michelle’s 324 S. Phillips Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57104 (605) 3671100 www. michellescoffee.com

A Suit for $79?!?!

Who knew you could get a Caravelli suit for only $79? Where could this concept possibly be true? At Halberstadt’s At The Mall. There’s more where that came from!

Halberstadt’s At The Mall 4001 W. 41st St. Sioux Falls (605) 362-8080

Skynet?

Ready for this? The SmartMirror™ has GPS navigation, a 2GB SD card for storing maps, pictures, and e-books, 4.0 inch touch screen LCD monitor, built in Bluetooth, and that’s only the beginning. Where is John Connor lurking? Soundz, Inc. Soundz, Inc. 4001 N. Cliff Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57104 (605) 941-3499 www.soundzinstall.com

Sunglasses At Night

When you’re cool, the sun never goes down. These 2009 Oakley Jupiter Sunglasses are crystal red/ruby iridium. These durable, light-weight sunglasses will protect youreyes while giving you mad street cred, all for $120 at Sun ‘n Fun Specialty Sports.

Sun ‘n Fun Specialty Sports 1605 W 41st St Sioux Falls, SD 57105 (605) 361-1456

Catchy Tune

Yes, this Fender T-Bucket 300 CE with a built-in tuner is amp-ready. This accousticelectric guitar has a rock-n-roll finish and can be yours for a measely $299. That’s pocket change for this beauty! Don’t let this pass you by.

Sioux Falls Music 1209 W. 41st St. Sioux Falls (605) 334-5361 www.siouxfallsmusic.com

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Health

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Shed those Hibernating Winter Pounds Safely and Effectively

By Sabrina Mustic

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or many, bikini season is a longawaited time of year. But just because the sunny days are near does not mean we are ready for our bikinis and swim trunks. Unlike the winter clothes that we are ready to put away, the beach attire does not hide all the extra pounds that we have gained over the long winter months. So, naturally we are

Are You Beach Ready?

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bound to feel like we have to go on a diet to lose those extra pounds. What most of us do not know however, is that dieting can actually have the opposite effect of the goal we are trying to achieve. Avera McKennan/Hy-Vee’s registered dietitian Megan Vilhauer and Sanford USD Medical Center’s dietitian Teresa Beach have some great advice when it comes to getting your beach body back on track without starving or depriving yourself.

Most of us, whether male or female, have tried some kind of a diet with the goal of being “skinny.” What most of us do not realize, though, is that diets can be very harmful. Beach stresses, “You should not diet if you are under the age of 18, because you don’t stop growing until you are 18.”

She explains that diets can be harmful because they inhibit an individual’s growth. Also, any diet that restricts certain food groups or lowers the calorie intake below 1000 is bad. Consuming less than 1000 calories will make the body resist losing weight because it will not have enough calories to function. Furthermore, Beach says dieting can set up a lot of bad selfworth and self-talk, so it is better to have a balanced and healthful diet that you can maintain instead of yo-yoing.

But choosing a diet can be tricky. “What you want to look for in a diet is that it does not restrict any certain food group or make you eat a lot from one food group, it should allow you to eat a balance at all times. Anything that is

restricting a food group or making you eat in certain patterns, or that is done in a few months is not good” stresses Beach.

She conveys that the best way to achieve and maintain a healthy weight is portion control. According to Beach, “We don’t realize how much we eat, so keeping our portions scaled back and balancing the meals will help maintain your calories and get you the nutrition you need.”

Although the number of meals a day varies from person to person Vilhauer says, “Three meals a day is a must. Some people require only three, others require more, but if you do eat more make sure you eat smaller amounts.”

She also stresses you should never skip breakfast. “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” explains Vilhauer. When you skip breakfast two things happen that have a negative effect on your weight: One, you overeat during other meals, and two, your metabolism will be slowed down because it does not kick in until you eat. A slower metabolism will eventually lead to weight gain. Vilhauer suggests eating protein for breakfast to keep mid-morning hunger away. It is also essential to eat about 300 to 400 calories to kick-start the metabolism in the morning.

Eating healthy, nutritious snacks is also crucial for achieving and maintaining a healthy figure. Vilhauer explains, “Healthy snacks are snacks that come from the food groups, such as fruits and vegetables and dairy.”

It’s always good to get two food groups for a snack. According to Vilhauer, “One of the big differences between people who manage their weight and who don’t is those who eat fruits and vegetables weigh less.”

She says the reason for that is fruits and

vegetables fill you up. Refined foods don’t fill you up, so you get hungry faster. But unhealthy food is not the only contributor to weight gain. Alcohol can affect a person’s

well. Beach states, “Half the piece is nutrition; the other half is physical activity. [You] can’t do one without the other.” She also says to lose more fat mass, you should set a

“Slow and steady wins the race.

The slower you lose it, the longer you will keep it off.” -USD Medical Center dietitian Teresa Beach weight as well. “Alcohol has a lot of calories. Beer has 100 and a mixed drink has 150, plus what you add with it. That adds up to a lot of calories,” says Vilhauer. So instead of choosing happy hour, it is best to choose healthy sacks to obtain a good beach body.

Physical activity plays a very important role in losing weight and staying healthy as

goal to lose one to two pounds per week. If you are losing weight more rapidly, you lose mostly water or the wrong type of weight.

Beach’s motto is, “Slow and steady wins the race. The slower you lose it, the longer you will keep it off.”

She points out that it is important to focus on your overall health and not just your weight and the numbers on the scale.

To get the best results for a great body, it is best to choose a healthy lifestyle over a fad diet, because a healthy lifestyle focuses on your health as a whole instead of just getting skinny. Beach states, “A healthy lifestyle is finding ways to be active every day, thinking about what foods you are putting in your body, how much you are eating, finding out about the foods you are eating, and thinking about how they nourish your body.”

It is also important to be informed about the contents of the foods you are eating, so reading labels and knowing about the products you are choosing is crucial. Keep in mind, though, small changes matter, and once in a while it is okay to treat yourself to your favorite unhealthy snack.

For more information on healthy eating and losing weight, you can go to mypyramid. gov. This USDA website will provide ideas on healthy eating, meal planning, weight loss, and much more.

SForcing TUBBORN S PUR : Yourself to the Gym

Health

BY KILEY BARNES ILLUSTRATION BY BRAD HERRERA

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oing to the gym is like doing dishes.

You get that icky, “But I don’t want to!” feeling in the pit of your stomach when you find yourself eating cereal out of tupperware. You can complain about it until you’re blue in the face, but at the end of the day they’re still not done. Once you start, though, you find it just wasn’t worth the drama. So you want to go to the gym and get in shape? Get up and get moving, but first get a little motivated.

First, you will want to find a gym that caters to your individual needs. It should be a comfortable atmosphere and convenient location.

If you dread being at the gym or if you dread driving across town to get there, it’s time to find a new one. Once you’ve found the right place, buddy up. Recruit a friend or two or three to workout with. A friend is not only great for accountability, but will increase your enjoyment factor dramatically as well.

That’s not to mention the time will seem to fly by a lot faster if you have company. Just be sure your work-out partner has your shared ambition and free time in the day. Some gyms even have a buddy plan so you can get a cheaper deal on memberships. Take advantage.

Now that you’ve got a place to go and a friend to go with, you’re going to want to

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prep in order to assure your time at the gym is fun and successful. Buy yourself some cute (and/or really masculine) workout clothes you can feel confident in. It’s perfectly normal to feel insecure starting out, but that doesn’t mean you have to look it. Also, take a few minutes out to create a playlist of upbeat songs that make you feel on top of the world. It will give you something to look forward to, and it’ll make the time fly. Next, and most importantly, be sure to set obtainable goals. It is entirely too easy to become discouraged when you first start working out, so set goals you know you can meet but push you at the same time. Consider setting a goal of working out three to five times a week while you are getting into the flow of it to allow yourself a little leeway. Not too much, though.

Don’t cheat yourself.

Once you’re looking fly and walking high, waltz your little tush into that gym and show those beefeaters what’s up. Or if you don’t want to draw attention, just act cool and natural. “What now,” you say? Start out with something you enjoy. Maybe hit the exercise bikes or play a game of one-on-one basketball with your pal. Just start with something you know. That way you don’t have to dread working out while you’re getting into the flow of it.

Feel encouraged to reward yourself each week you meet your goals. I’m not talking pizza or burgers.

Leave the calories at the gym. Consider, instead, something more along the lines of that pair of shoes you’ve been eyeing at Journey’s or a movie with your friends. But be cautious not to make too many exceptions for yourself. The goal is to stay motivated. And if you’re still lacking in that department, I recommend hanging a picture of someone’s body you wish you had above your mirror (like Beyoncé from the Single Ladies video). If that doesn’t do it, I don’t know what will. Kudos to you, and happy workout.

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